Sentence examples for avoided debate from inspiring English sources

On June 2nd the Senate met and passed the USA Freedom Act, which replaces and reforms a lapsed provision of the Patriot Act (no legislation in this area is complete without an Orwellian title).Lawmakers largely avoided debate over sundry amendments, ensuring that the same bill passed by the House last month went straight to Barack Obama, who swiftly signed it into law.

He has avoided debating her as well.

He has avoided debates with Mr. White and limited his attacks.

So far Laporta and his enemy have not met because Bartomeu has avoided debates attended by the other candidates.

Mr. Pataki avoided debates in his two previous campaigns for governor in 1994 and 1998 and has specifically refused to debate Mr. Golisano.

This year, he has avoided debates unless they included all minor candidates, which has limited the time his opponents have to attack his record.

Mr. Perry, who avoided debates as governor and who has never weathered a significant attack from a candidate who is more conservative than he is, is losing the contest.

Whitman avoided debating Republican rival Poizner at the convention, but did debate him before a private fundraising group on Monday night in Orange County.

He has avoided debating Dr. Gill, and has been largely silent on the hot-button topic of women's choice, not even taking a stand against the vulgar comments from Rush Limbaugh about women's health and personal freedom.

He would also like the White House to be transparent, which is hilarious coming from a guy who avoided debating most of his life as a Texas politician, for reasons that are now, sadly, pretty obvious to everyone.

But avoiding debate about it might be counterproductive.